In today's dismembering music, we're going to study a very nostalgic and famous song. Zankoku Na Tenshi No Teeze (残酷な天使のテーゼ) Thesis of the Cruel Angel, the opening of the classic anime Evangelion who is turning 20 now in 2015.
Below we have the video with the song and its lyrics in Hiragana and Kanji, watch the video as many times as you want, then we will break it down. Don't forget to turn up the volume.
dismembering the letter
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Some sentences are difficult to translate with any sense, so in some sentences, we will only leave the meaning of the words, try to understand on your own the message that the sentence wants to leave. Review, research, study, sing and do everything possible to enjoy the material below and improve your vocabulary.
残酷な天使のように 少年よ神話になれ
Like a cruel angel, boy, become a legend!
- 残酷 - ざんこく = inhumanity, cruelty
- 天使 - てんし = Angel
- ように = how
- 少年 - しょうねん = Boy, Young, Boy
- 神話 - しんわ = Myth, Legend
- になれ = become
蒼い風がいま 胸のドアを叩いても
now the blue wind blows at the doors of my heart.
- 青い - あおい = Blue
- 風 - かぜ = Wind
- いま - 今 = Now
- 胸 - むね = Chest, Heart
- ドア = port
- 叩い - たたい = Hit
- ても = even
私だけをただ見つめて微笑んでるあなた
You just watch me and smile.
- 私だけ – わたしだけ = Only Me, Only Me
- ただ見つめて = Staring (見 = Gaze)
- 微笑んで - ほほえんで = Smiling
そっと触れるもの 求めることに夢中で
something shudders as it seeks what it craves.
- そっと = gently, quietly
- 触れる - ふれる = Touch
- もの = thing
- 求める = seek, ask, seek
- こと = thing
- 夢中= Passion, delirium, deep dream
運命さえまだ知らない いたいけな瞳
their eyes are so innocent, they don't even know their fate.
- 運命 - うんめい - Destiny
- さえ = even
- まだ = still
- 知らない - しらない - I don't know, don't know, don't know
- いたいけ = not guilty
- 瞳 - ひとみ - Eyes, pupils
だけどいつか気付くでしょう その背中には
but someday you'll notice what's on your back
- だけどいつか = but(however) one day (someday = いつか)
- 気付くでしょう = notice, you will notice (気付 - きつけ = Be careful)
- その背中 - そのせなか = The back, your back
遙か未来目指すための羽根があること
those strong wings that take you to a distant future.
- 遙か - はるか = Distant
- 未来 - みらい = Future
- 目指すため – めさすため = Aim for, destination, goal
- 羽根 - はね - Wing
- あること = to a / place
残酷な天使のテーゼ 窓辺からやがて飛び立つ
The thesis of a cruel angel will soon fly out the window.
- テーゼ = thesis, statement, theory
- 窓辺 – まどべ= Through the window (窓 = Window 辺 = area, region)
- からやがて = Soon from (やがて = soon)
- 飛び立つ - とびたつ = Fly out, jump
ほとばしる熱いパトスで 思い出を裏切るなら
if there is a torrent of warm emotions, it will betray your memories.
- 迸る - ほとばしる = arise, sprout, gush
- 熱い - あつい = Hot
- パトス = Strong feelings of movement, passion
- 思い出 = memories
- 裏切る = Betray (+なら= betray yours, betray yourself)
この宇宙を抱いて輝く 少年よ神話になれ
hold on to this sky and shine, boy, become a legend!
- この = This one
- 宇宙 - うちゅう = Space
- 抱いて - だいて = Grabbing, Embracing
- 輝く - かがやく = Shining
ずっと眠ってる 私の愛の揺りかご
sleeping too long in my love's cradle,
- ずっと = Very, always, long period
- 眠ってる - ねむってる = Sleep
- 私の愛 = my love
- 揺りかご = crib
あなただけが夢の使者に呼ばれる朝が来る
only you are called by the dream messenger when morning comes.
- あなただけが = only you, only you
- 夢 - ゆめ = Dream
- 使者 - ししゃ = Messenger
- 呼ばれる = call
- 朝 - あさ = Morning
- 来る= Come 朝が来る = (Come morning, come morning)
細い首筋を 月あかりが映してる
moonlight reflects off her slender neck.
- 細い - ほそい = Thin
- 首筋 - くびすじ = Neck
- 月あかり = moonlight
- 映してる - うつしてる= Reflect, project
世界中の時を止めて閉じこめたいけど
wanted to stop time all over the world, and confine it.
- 世界中 – せかいじゅう = Everybody, whole world
- 時 - とき = Time
- 止め - とめ = Stop
- 閉じこめ = to lock up, imprison, confine
- たいけど = I want
もしふたり逢えたことに意味があるなら
if there is any meaning in our meeting
- もし = if
- ふたり - 二人 = Two people, the two of us, couple
- 逢えたこと = meeting, meet
- 意味 - いみ = Meaning
- あるなら = if there is, if there is
私はそう 自由を知るためのバイブル
I will know for myself through the BIBLE
- 私はそう = I then
- 自由= freedom, ease
- バイブル = bible
- 知るための = to know
残酷な天使のテーゼ 悲しみがそしてはじまる
The thesis of a cruel angel and suffering begins,
- 悲しみ - かなしみ = Sadness
- そして = and (and)
- はじまる - 始まる - Beginning, begin
抱きしめた命のかたち その夢に目覚めたとき
with the way of life that you cling to when you wake up from that dream.
- 抱き - だき = Embrace (しめた = past)
- 命 - いのち = Life
- かたち = shape
- その夢 = The dream, that dream, of that dream
- 目覚め -めさめ = Awaken, wake up (+ とき = When)
誰よりも光を放つ 少年よ神話になれ
will shine brighter than anyone, boy, become a legend!
- 誰より = anyone
- 光 - ひかり = Light, shine
- 放つ – はなつ = Shoot (let it shine, create a light)
人は愛をつむぎながら歴史をつくる
People, while weaving love, build their story
- 人は愛 = People + Love, it depends on the context how to translate...
- つむぎながら = As they weave, sew, weave
- 歴史 - れきし = History
- つくる = make, create
女神なんてなれないまま 私は生きる
Unable to become a goddess, I go on living
- 女神 - めがみ = Goddess
- なんてなれないまま = Not being able to become
- 生きる = live, I will live
残酷な天使のテーゼ 窓辺からやがて飛び立つ
The thesis of a cruel angel will soon fly out the window.
ほとばしる熱いパトスで 思い出を裏切るなら
If there is a torrent of warm emotions, it will betray your memories.
この宇宙を抱いて輝く 少年よ神話になれ
hold on to this sky and shine, boy, become a legend!
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